Batus barbicornis

Batus barbicornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.[1] It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1764.[1]

Batus barbicornis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Cerambycidae
Genus:
Batus
Species:
B. barbicornis
Binomial name
Batus barbicornis
(Linnaeus, 1764)

Synonyms
  • Cerambyx barbicornis Linnaeus, 1764
  • Cerambyx guianus (Goeze, 1777)
  • Cerambyx speciosus (Voet, 1778)
  • Lophonocerus barbicornis (Linnaeus) Guérin-Méneville 1831
  • Lophonocerus hirticornis (Blanchard, 1849)
  • Lophonocerus tuberculicollis (Chabrillac, 1857)
  • Lophocerus barbatus (Chenu, 1870)
  • Batus tuberculicollis (Chabrillac) Aurivillius 1912
  • Batus barbicornis itaitubensis (Tippmann, 1953)

Description

Batus barbicornis grows up to 4 centimetres in length.[2] The species shows an aposematic coloration. These beetles are black and have red antennaes with four black bits as well as a few red rectangles on its prothorax and elytra.[3] The adult lays eggs in holes bored in a tree. The larvae feed on wood and represent a severe pest of trees.[2]

Distribution

This species is native to South America. It can be found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, the Peruvian city of Iquitos,[3] the Brazilian city of Itaituba,[4] Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana and Bolivia.[5]

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References
  1. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived 27 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Longhorn Beetle". Art.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. Jones, Jenny (2012). Insect Remedies and one spider. p. 58. ISBN 9781904472049.
  4. Lingafelter, Steven W.; Nearns, Eugenio H.; Tavakilian, Gérard L.; Monné, Miguel A. & Biondi, Michael. Longhorned Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. ISBN 978-1-935623-40-3. LCCN 2014005388.
  5. "Batus barbicornis (von Linné, 1764)". Cerambycoidea.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.


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